Acute transient hepatocellular injury in cholelithiasis and cholecystitis without evidence of choledocholithiasis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3788-3792

  Chang, Chen Wang ^a   Chang, Wen Hsiung ^a   Lin, Ching Chung ^a   Chu, Cheng Hsin ^a   Wang, Tsang En ^a   Shih, Shou Chuan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute transient hepatitis; Cholecystitis; Cholelithiasis; Hyperbilirubinemia; Leukocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ADULT; AGED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350453459     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3788     Document Type: Article

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